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Owner
  
Polar Expedition

Yard number
  
342

Length
  
71 m

Builder
  
Turku

Operator
  
Marine Service-RUS

Completed
  
7 July 1982

Draft
  
4.5 m

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Name
  
Akademik Shuleykin (1982–2001) Polar Pioneer (2001–present)

Port of registry
  
Leningrad, 1982–1993 Saint Petersburg, 1993–2012

Polar Pioneer is a Finnish-built expedition cruise ship operated by the Australian cruise company Aurora Expeditions.

The ship was built in Finland in 1982 as the Akademik Schuleykin (Russian: Академик Шулейкин), an ice-strengthened research ship, and for many years she plied the waters of the USSR's northern coast. In 2000 she was refurbished in St. Petersburg to provide comfortable accommodation for 54 passengers.

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Her sister ships are Akademik Shokalskiy, Arnold Veymer, Akademik Gamburtsev, Professor Molchanov, Professor Multanovskiy, Geolog Dmitriy Nalivkin, Professor Polshkov, Professor Khromov.

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Polar Pioneer is currently the flagship for Aurora Expeditions.

Specifications

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  • Length 71.61 metres
  • Beam 12.8 metres
  • Draft 4.5 metres
  • Cruising Speed 11-12 knots
  • Displacement 2140 tons
  • Registry Russian
  • Equipment: Zodiacs, Kayaks (some trips), Diving (some trips), Ice Climbing (some trips), Camping (some trips).

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    References

    Polar Pioneer Wikipedia
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